I have a hard time believing GGF will ever grip "well". It's nice to hear the
marbles are getting cleaned up, though. I think a larger issue with GGF is
tire wear, as sliding around on that rough surface does a lot of rubber damage.
Speaking of tire wear, I compared a set of Hoosiers that had 5 runs Marina + 7
runs 3Com to another set of Hoosiers that had 52 runs Mather. The set with 52
runs had as much or more rubber left. Now if we could only cut up the Mather
concrete, ship it down to GGF, and deposit it at that prime location we'd be in
autox nirvana.
-Andy
--- Navid Kahangi <navid@interwoven.com> wrote:
> John writes
>
> > I was the second car out in the first run group. The first run
> > group traditionally cleans the course, one way or another. I found the
> > traction to be great all the way around, a benefit no doubt of the place
> > being mechanically swept on Friday. All the sweeping, it seems to me, has
> > benefitted the site. We'll order a sweeping prior to our next event there.
> > Incidentally, when I ran the AAS event at Mather on Saturday, the
> > outside of every turn was covered with little pieces of rubber, i.,e.
> > "marbles." Once again the reality is the actual driving line is determined
> > by everybody who went before you. And as Corvettes create a bigger swath
> > than anything else, I prefer to run after the 'Vettes if given the option.
> >
> > --John Kelly
>
> John, is it your understanding that with the current conditions of GGF
> surface and with the help of the sweeper, GGF is a grippier surface than
> Mather? I can't be the judge since I haven't run at GGF since the marble
> days.
>
> --Navid
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